Brenda Lozano

Black and white portait of Mexican author Brenda Lozano standing by a window, smiling.

She is a writer and editor. She has been anthologized on various occasions, taught university classes at NYU and the Claustro de Sor Juana, and has been involved in contemporary art projects. She edited the literary magazine Make in Chicago and co-organized the art and literature festival Lit&Luz, based in Chicago and Mexico City, from 2013 to 2019. Her first novel is Todo nada (Tusquets, 2009), followed by Cuaderno ideal (Alfaguara, 2014), the short story collection Cómo piensan las piedras (Alfaguara, 2017), and the novel Brujas (Alfaguara, 2020), which has been translated into several languages. She has been recognized by Conaculta (Secretariat of Culture in Mexico), Hay Festival, and the British Council as one of the most important writers under 40 in her country, and is part of Bogotá 39, highlighting the most prominent new authors from Latin America. Her most recent novel is Soñar como sueñan los árboles (Alfaguara, 2024). She writes for the newspaper El País and lives in Mexico City.

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